Bolivar Byblos (2016 ER Libano) (BWRC)

mt1 · May 19, 2019

Nice break at the end of the week. I decided to revisit the Byblos after smoking the Lusiadas earlier this week. I really enjoyed the Lusiada so I wanted to do a quick comparison.

The Byblos started with sweet hay flavors, some white pepper that might fade with more time down, and a toasty/bitterness to it. About an inch in, the cigar does settle down a bit and there's no more pepper by the middle. It grows in sweetness as you smoke it, but you have to be careful not to puff to often and it took me back quickly to bitter notes if I went too fast.

The finish was sweet, nutty, with the same dry hay notes that we started with. The very end tasted more of burnt toast, but remained sweet.

Overall, this wasn't bad but I wouldn't say it's worth spending the extra coin. To me, this tasted like a bitter/harsher Lusiada.